Verizon Wireless expanded its international connectivity options today with the announcement of its Fivespot mobile hot spot device. The Fivespot, made by ZTE, can function as an Internet access point for up to five W-Fi-enabled devices. Even better, it has a truly global footprint with support for the following wireless bands: dual-band CDMA (800/1900); quad-band …

Apple has lost $10m of advertising money after Adidas decided to take its ball and go home, according to reports. Business Insider reports the sporting giant has followed clothes and smellies company Chanel in cancelling iAds for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. iAds, introduced as part of iOS 4, is Apple’s platform for embedding adverts in apps. Tapping on an iAd …

The Samsung Intercept, Virgin Mobile’s first Android offering in its prepaid lineup, is available at Target stores starting today. Virgin Mobile will roll out the Intercept to customers through other retailers throughout October. In addition, you can nab the $249.99 Intercept from Virgin Mobile’s Web site by the middle of the month. Service plans go for $25, $40, and $60. …

Casio continues to expand its rugged phone line with the G’zOne Ravine, a follow-up to other Casio handsets like the G’zOne Brigade and the G’zOne Rock. Like them, the Ravine is resistant to dust, water, shock, and a variety of environmental hazards. Casio is billing it as a phone for the outdoor enthusiast, especially with dedicated G’zGear apps that include …

To the casual observer, Nokia would seem to be a company with something to prove. Executive changes, pressure from the Android OS and the iPhone, advanced new hardware from the likes of HTC and Samsung, and the company’s lack of carrier relationships in the U.S. have watchers and analysts wondering how long Nokia can hang onto its global dominance in …

Telstra knows Santa isn’t made of money, so in preparation for Christmas the Next G network will be inundated with new prepaid phones and modems, including three budget smartphones and a Wi-Fi hotspot modem. The Nokia C6, one of Telstra’s five new prepaid phones. (Credit: CBSi) At a festive launch event in Sydney today, vendor partners Nokia, LG and Samsung …

Apple really is making good on its promise to ease the restrictions that previously plagued developers such as PlayOn. The service initially had to rely on Safari power to bring its video-streaming goodness to iPhone and iPod Touch owners, but now there’s an official, approved PlayOn Mobile app. As someone who loves TV, I really wanted to like it. But …

The Jingle Player iPad app by Jingle Punks. Jingle Punks After 15 years of playing and composing my own music, my big payday wasn’t a record deal or T-shirt sales, but a sync. A synchronization license, or “sync,” is an industry term for when copyrighted music is matched up with another type of media (video, photos, games) for the purpose …

The CTIA fall show used to be known as CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment, but for 2010, it is called CTIA Enterprise & Applications, which shows a deeper emphasis on business and development of mobile applications. Still, we expect quite a bit of news on the consumer front. Sprint and Samsung are planning announcements, and we won’t be surprised if …

The LG Neon II cropped up on AT&T’s Web site today, and it seems to be the sequel to the LG Neon messaging phone from last year. It looks like the navigation keys got an overhaul, but the touch screen and sliding QWERTY keyboard remain mostly the same. It still has a 2-megapixel camera, the usual text and multimedia messaging …